Merz cancels planned phone call with Trump after his congratulatory post to AfD

Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has accused the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) of seeking “ethnic cleansing” with its “remigration” drive, after the nativist party’s seismic weekend victory in a state election, The Guardian reports.   In his first public confrontation with the AfD since Sunday’s shock outcome in Saxony-Anhalt, Merz said at a raucous parliamentary…

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France and Germany hold major space summit despite US boycott and Merz’s absence: Euronews

Astronauts, heads of state, as well as major economic players in the space industry are set to unite on Wednesday and Thursday at the international space summit, co-hosted by France and Germany, at Paris’ Grand Palais, Euronews reports. Several US companies reportedly withdrew from the event, due to pressure from Washington over support for “EU…

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